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Don Berwick spent 18 months as the administrator of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, making him the point man for the Obama administration's implementation of the Affordable Care Act. He began in the post in July 2010 and resigned last November, in the face of Republican pledges to block his nomination in the Senate. Republican legislators seized on remarks he made praising Britain's National Health Service as an "example" for the United States to follow. Many accused him of supporting the "rationing" of services, a claim Berwick has rejected.

From reselling Amazon cloud services to partnering with an electric-car-charging station manufacturer, Fairfax-based professional services firm Dewberry, squeezed by the recession, is looking outside the box.

Congressional Republicans recognize that the $3.5 trillion budget proposal the GOP-led House is expected to adopt this week remains fraught with political peril, but they also believe they now know how to blunt Democratic attacks on its Medicare overhaul components and should be able to avoid the political pummeling they suffered as a result last year.

CAIRO — As Egypt's ruling generals near the end of their formal reign, the country's main Islamist party is asserting increasing authority over the political system and openly confronting the powerful military.

On Monday morning at 10 a.m., the Supreme Court of the United States will open oral arguments on the health reform law. The hearing will last six hours and stretch over three days, the longest arguments in 45 years.

In 2005, Kevin D. Rollins earned $350 to do nothing.

Or, it was at least something that looked a lot like nothing: Rollins stood outside the Supreme Court of the United States for 14 hours, to secure a seat in the landmark eminent domain case, Kelo v. New London. The seat wasn't for himself. Rollins was paid by the Institute of Justice to hold spots overnight for some of the defendants in the case, who had been unable to secure seats themselves.